Establishment of a Plasma Melting Manufacturing Process for Production of Nickel-Base Alloys.

Abstract

Plasma melting equipment of production scale was established by modification of an existing nonconsumable electrode melting facility. A 1.2 megawatt power capability plasma torch was operated up to a power level of 600 KW and several melts were made using nickel base alloy and titanium alloy scrap. The argon gas plasmarc has been shown to be a useful high heat source for melt- consolidation of super alloy and types of scrap including reactive metal scrap into suitable electrode shapes for subsequent consumable remelting.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADB016343

Entities

People

  • G. K. Bhat

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Assembly
  • Chemistry
  • Control Panels
  • Electric Arcs
  • Heat Energy
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Materials Engineering
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Metal Oxides
  • Power Supplies
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Titanium Alloys

Readers

  • Metallurgy
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.